Device for grouping photographs.



' PATBNTED MAY 24, 1904. MAN. G PHOTOGRAPHS.

AUG. 27. 1903.

G. ROD DEVICE FORGROUP APPLIOATION PI ED 7 N0 MODEL.

. Fig. 3 represents them assembled.

UN TED STATES Patented May 24, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

DEVICE FOR GROUPING PHOTOGRAPHS SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent N0. 769,922, dated May 24, 1904. Application filed August 27,1903. Serial No. 171,004. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE G; RODMAN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Washington, in the county of Washing ton and Stateof Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor Grouping Photographs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices for groupingphotographs, and is an improvement on the construction set forth inLetters Patent No. 696,272, granted to me March 25, 1902, the presentinvention consisting in certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described, and pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of my improved top orfront plate. Fig. 2 is a view of the bottom plate or disk. Fig. 1 is aplan view, and Fig. 5 is a view showing two of these devices applied toa block or easel as one eXemplification of the improved mounted device.

By my improved construction I am enabled to obtain a top disk or platecapable of having a more desirable finish and variety of designing, &c.In my former construction the plate or disk which in the present form isthe bottom plate or disk, as shown in Fig. 2, was nickel-plated, as anyother finish mars the photographs or cards placed thereunder. Theobjection sometimes found to this nickelplating on the front or topsurface was that it reflected the light so at night that it wasdisagreeable to some, being dazzling to the eyes. By making the twoplates or disks separate it is possible to finish the bottom one (shownin Fig. 2) in nickel-plate and the top one (illustrated in Fig. 1) in avariety of ways.

A representsthe top, and B the bottom, disk.

These may be variously formed, and I have shown a desirable contour inthe sectional views, in which the bottom or lower disk is slightlycorrugated and the upper or top disk curvedand fashioned, asillustrated, with an overlapping flange 6 at the outer edge,-whichencircles and incloses the outer edge of the lower or bottom plate ordisk. This outer flange is adapted to fit snugly over the edge of thebottom plate or disk, and the two are held together by the central boltC, which extends through holes 1 and 2 in the disks. This bolt isspring-actuated, as in my previous construction and held in a block orother support'D in any convenient manner.

While I have referred to the upper plate or disk as being curved andornamental in its contour, it is perfectly feasible to make it flatacross the top or, in fact, in any form, although the particular shapeillustrated seems desirable. Likewise, by making the top disk or plate aseparate part it may be ornamented or finished in any design to suit thetaste or requirements of business.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated one of a variety of different applicationsof the invention.

The invention thus constructed is simple, cheap, and easily made and atthe same time is attractive in appearance and useful in th performanceof its functions. 4

It is evident that other slight changes in addition to those suggestedmight be made in the form and arrangement of the several parts describedwithout departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence Ido not wish to limit myself to the exact construction herein set forth;but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an article of manufacture, adevice for grouping photographs andsimilar articles, consisting of a suitable support, a pair of separableplates or disks and means for yieldingly retaining said disks togetherupon the support.

2. As an article of manufacture, the device for grouping photographs andother objects consisting in a pair of separable disks having a centralhole and one disk provided with an to this specification in the presenceof two suboverlapging flange whichdfit? and dincloses ghe' scribingwitnesses. outer e ge of tie ot ier is r, an means or s *1 yieldinglyconnecting these disks to a suit- GEORGE RODMAN' 5 able support, betweenwhich and the inner disk Witnesses:

the articles to be grouped are held. MARSH E. J AILEY,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name EDMUND D. MoRRIsoN.

